Law toldThe Times of Londonthat he was panicking about being typecast at that stage in his career.
He said:
It was delusion and madness.
There was a panic in my head that I was going to be typecast as this good-looking guy.
Jude Law starred with Gwyneth Paltrow and Matt Damon in ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’ (1999).Paramount Pictures
Thats where my 23-year-old brain was.
What I missed, idiotically, were the complexities of that role, but honestly?
I just wanted to be taken seriously.
Based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, it has recently been adapted into a series on Netflix.
I never thought of him specifically I didnt focus in on Harveys life and downfall.
And so Harvey must have crossed my mind.
